So here's how it went down: Last month, I got to visit the set of The Mindy Project to interview Mindy Kaling and Co. about these all-new episodes—with one stipulation: I. Could. Not. Say. A. Word. My Mindy-obsessed Glamour colleagues in New York City couldn't even know. But it makes me so happy that I can start to share all of it with you. And so, after I watched the first few all-new episodes of TMP, I stepped into Dr. Lahiri's office, where Mindy Kaling and I gossiped like schoolgirls about everything. She was beyond excited when I gushed for what was probably a good five minutes on how amazing tonight's first two episodes were, and what you're about to read is everything that followed. Enjoy!

Glamour: Why did Mindy wait until second four to kiss Danny?Mindy Kaling: Oh, that’s such a good question! Glamour: I was dying! I was like, "Kiss him!"Mindy: I feel like...in my mind there were a few different ways because when I was editing it, I had a few different reactions. One of them I felt like, "She was going to kiss him and was thinking in her head the logistics of what they were going to do when they were going to land." In his mind, he was like, "Oh, God, does she like me or not," and then in her mind there was a foregone conclusion they were going to keep kissing, but she’s like, "OK, what does that mean when we do that?" So she starts paying attention when he’s on the number three, and I thought that was cute because doesn’t she smile before she kisses him because he’s being so adorable?Glamour: I don’t remember because all I kept thinking was, "Please kiss him before I attack the TV!"Mindy: [Laughs] Oh my gosh, there is so much kissing in that episode!

Glamour: How did you come up with the hair in the toilet? That was so disgusting but hilarious.Mindy: I couldn’t believe that scene! It is so gross! It goes from being sexy in the beginning—well, kind of hot and heavy at least, to the grossest thing you could ever imagine. Even shooting it I was like...that better not be a toilet that was ever used on an airplane! It was pretty intense!Glamour: And that was a pretty big bathroom. We never get bathrooms that big on airplanes!Mindy: Yeah, we shoot everything a little bit bigger to get the cameras in there, but it still felt compact going at it like that. Can I say one thing though? There was one part when we’re in the bathroom that I love so much when he says, "I’m the boss," and then he hits the back of the wall, and I smile for a second because I just love that he wants to be in charge, and for a minute there, Mindy finds it very exciting. I found that very true to life. I don’t see that very often on TV because people are then like, "Whoa, hold on, are women being mistreated here?!" in a good way. So I thought that it was cool because Chris is such a likable, sexy actor that he could do stuff like that—where he hits the side of his head and says he’s in charge. [Laughs]

Glamour: So true. And then when you guys arrive back at Mindy's apartment...Mindy: And with the mariachi band and when Cliff tips Danny...there’s only two usable takes because Chris was laughing so hard. I remember that moment so well because it’s such a memorable moment, like, "What is that guy [meaning Danny] doing still lingering around?" It’s just—that is one of my favorite moments.

Glamour: Another favorite moment is the end of the second episode when Danny is reading Bridget Jones's Diary in that god-awful but absolutely adorable accent. Was that improvised or something you came up with in the writers room?Mindy: It was always in the script. That scene is something I’ve been wanting to put in the show since the pilot was green-lit. I don’t know if people will read into it, but the movie is one of my favorite movies, and the book is one of my favorite books, and what I loved about that is that, in so many ways, Danny is Darcy. It was such a fun, slightly meta way to pay homage to that book, which is just so good. And his accent is just so bad and so funny and so adorable. And his little glasses!

Glamour: Oh, the glasses! By the way, when do you think is the right time for them to sleep together?Mindy: My dad lives in L.A., and he’s come to set and he’s come to the writers’ room, but he hasn’t seen us shoot. My mother and father used to come to the set of The Office all the time. But we have not been able to find a day when there’s not something risque happening. The show is incredibly adult! The frank way these characters all talk about sex and relationships...it is so adult, that we have not been able to find a day we’re shooting that would be appropriate for my dad to come. So, having said that, when these two characters—the sex part of it—that will be a really, really fun episode the first time they have sex. Like super fun. Like the whole episode could be about it. The sexual dynamic between the two of them would just be incredibly fun.

Glamour: Of all the men that Mindy has dated, been with, or liked, is Danny the best fit for her?Mindy: What do you think? Who do you think has been the guy most compatible with Mindy?Glamour: Well, I really liked how Mindy's relationship with Cliff started off... Although, I will say I didn’t like Casey.

Mindy: That’s interesting because Casey was a very popular boyfriend. People loved him as a boyfriend. He’s the kind of person I dated in college. I did like how he tried to make Mindy a better person and, in many ways, did. So maybe him or Sam, Seth Rogen’s character. The reason they didn’t work out is because he went away, but she really liked him. I felt like the scenes I had with Seth were so easy and great chemistry.Glamour: I agree with you. My feelings on Casey was just that it was a young relationship. I think Mindy grew as much as she could with him, and it ran its course. With Danny, it’s a much more adult relationship. That sexual energy is there that wasn't with Casey. Mindy: I agree.

And with that, stay tuned to next week's installment of After The Mindy Project Airs!

Fooling around in Dr. Lahiri's office in between takes.

What did you guys think of tonight's episode? Favorite moment? Did it live up to your expectations?

Photos: FOX: Eddy Chen, Beth Dubber, Jordin Althaus

Jessica RadloffWest Coast entertainment writer. Always trying to make each interview more fun than the last. Obsessed with the St. Louis Cardinals, Scott Speedman, Sprinkles cupcakes--and apparently the letter S.